Rita Ora says she took a risk while shopping for her wedding dress and ended up finding a see-through gown that was 'meant to be'
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- Rita Ora opened up about her wedding to Taika Waititi in a new interview with Vogue.
- She wore a Tom Ford dress that she bought off the rack.
- She said the sheer, one-shoulder dress didn't need any alterations.
Rita Ora said the wedding dress she wore to marry Taika Waititi was "meant to be" in an interview with Vogue published on Friday.
Ora, 32, and Waititi, 47, got married on August 4, 2022, at their home in Los Angeles, just weeks after Ora proposed to the director, as the singer told Vogue.
Ora wore a Tom Ford dress to the nuptials, which can be seen in clips from the wedding that she shared in the music video for her song "You & I."
The gown had a one-shoulder neckline, and it hugged the singer's figure.
White, textured fabric covered the gown's sheer base, allowing the dress to toe the line between sexy and bridal. Bow detailing on the shoulder and waist made it feel bridal, as did the face-covering veil she paired with the gown.
Tom Ford also designed the veil, and Sami Knight was Ora's hairstylist while Anthony H. Nguyen was her makeup artist. Lorraine Schwartz jewelry completed the ensemble.
Ora told Vogue she found the gown in person at a Tom Ford store, which she had been nervous about because she had such a short time frame to find a dress.
"I didn't know if the right dress was even going to be in town, and I just took the risk and went to the Tom Ford shop, and they had it perfectly waiting with the veil, in my size, no alterations needed to be done," she told Vogue. "I mean, it was like it was meant to be, to be honest."
Ora also told Vogue that Ford "is one of my favorite designers of all time and favorite humans in general," adding that they have become good friends.
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Ora and Waititi have been together since 2021, though they had been friends since Robert Pattinson introduced them at a barbecue in 2018.
Only their closest loved ones attended their wedding, and Ora and Waititi told Vogue they were glad their wedding was intimate.
"We didn't have table settings or any of the stressful things that go along with weddings, and it was nice to just have it super simple," Waititi told the outlet.
"I felt really peaceful actually," Ora also told Vogue. "It was almost like another day. We just all dressed up and got married."